Reviews
There's Something About Mary (1998)
It's ok, and I laughed a few times...
This movie failed a critical test, the dreaded "Watch Test." I looked at my watch at least 10 times during this film. Cameron Diaz was beautiful, but not enough to carry this weak comedy. The humor was weak and required vulgarity and titillation to carry off an otherwise snoozer of a comedy film. This movie is slightly above Airplane! in sophistication, but well below it in comedy content.
BASEketball (1998)
Genius, pure and simple genius.
Finally a movie that has a reasonable amount of intelligence and a hearty compliment of juvenile humor without requiring extreme poor taste or extreme vulgarity. This movie is in the top ten movies I have seen to date! Without naming other, far weaker comedic efforts out now (August 1998), I can truthfully say, see "Baseketball" last because it will raise your expectations too high to enjoy anything else.
Outland (1981)
The old west and corporate life in space...
Outland is novel flick and setting a president for great movies such as "Blade Runner" and not so great ones such as "Total Recall," it really set the look and feel of many great sci-fi movies to come. Although the movie in general was not a great, it is a good film to see.
There's Something About Mary (1998)
It's ok, and I laughed a few times...
This movie failed a critical test, the dreaded "Watch Test." I looked at my watch at least 10 times during this film. Cameron Diaz was beautiful, but not enough to carry this weak comedy. The humor was weak and required vulgarity and titillation to carry off an otherwise snoozer of a comedy film. This movie is slightly above Airplane! in sophistication, but well below it in comedy content.
BASEketball (1998)
Genius, pure and simple genius.
Finally a movie that has a reasonable amount of intelligence and a hearty compliment of juvenile humor without requiring extreme poor taste or extreme vulgarity. This movie is in the top ten movies I have seen to date! Without naming other, far weaker comedic efforts out now (August 1998), I can truthfully say, see "Baseketball" last because it will raise your expectations too high to enjoy anything else.